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religion is a river of gold as the saying goes. we know what it's obvious that when a country's native sons defend it things go better and they're always better than an occupier. and invader always has trouble understanding the country they occupy and as the air proverb says no one knows the roads of mecca better than its own inhabitants limit that shout i have it if i have it. that. this is. the main prayer takes place and he's saying most. the him i'm sermons a political resonance and a broadcast throughout iraq and the shia world and. the shias today are imposing their numbers and their power. in the prayers always and with cries to the glory of the prophet hussein the son of . allegedly designated by mohammad to be is only successor there's not very. many on the underside a million she has been detained and many of them were assassinated and thrown into mass graves and. i myself your servant spent twelve years in iraq e.j. lost my family only received news of me one or two years after i was released. i was even afraid of my own
religion is a river of gold as the saying goes. we know what it's obvious that when a country's native sons defend it things go better and they're always better than an occupier. and invader always has trouble understanding the country they occupy and as the air proverb says no one knows the roads of mecca better than its own inhabitants limit that shout i have it if i have it. that. this is. the main prayer takes place and he's saying most. the him i'm sermons a political resonance and a...
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supporting the segment of population who are secular in their outlook, who believe that the separation of religion from the state is the salvation of the country, that is the natural ally of the united states, not the islamic side. i think there should be more support for the politics of secularism in iraq. it would not be wrong. in fact, i would say and be necessary and highly desirable for the americans to support their natural allies, which i happen to believe represent the future of iraq and i myself am part of, at a personal level. so, there is this conflict, and this conflict is not resolved on the boards. the outcome of this will depend on how much the united states is willing to put into the right factors to get iraq moving in the right direction. if they fail, it will be very unfortunate, but the people who will pay the price will be the people of iraq and american interests in the region. >> very quickly, the european perspective on the u.s.-iraq relationship. >> i think many people looking at that relationship feel that the u.s. wants to forget about iraq, start looking at it through th
supporting the segment of population who are secular in their outlook, who believe that the separation of religion from the state is the salvation of the country, that is the natural ally of the united states, not the islamic side. i think there should be more support for the politics of secularism in iraq. it would not be wrong. in fact, i would say and be necessary and highly desirable for the americans to support their natural allies, which i happen to believe represent the future of iraq...
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on shia my husband a sunni muslim had now after the war the two religions can't intermarry anymore that at the end of it that's when it wasn't the case before and what was important was that people loved each other and what's the distinction between shia and sunni of sydney it's shameful treating people this way in iraq with all muslims there was . so much a muslim man asks for the hand of a muslim woman according to islamic tradition by fear and that's all but i think how it was at the end of the war that this division appears shia sunni. but yet now we've come to threats was headed how does a sunni there nary a shiite is that we're seeing as we look at this what if the alternative is to get divorced or die you know if you don't agree to get divorced you risk death you could think you're going to have a ship next in our neighborhood they shot a woman in front of her husband and children for the unique reason she was shia and he was sunni said that you know she. this morning i'm not just leaving baghdad i'm fleeing baghdad. but the city gates the soldier who checks out passports tells u
on shia my husband a sunni muslim had now after the war the two religions can't intermarry anymore that at the end of it that's when it wasn't the case before and what was important was that people loved each other and what's the distinction between shia and sunni of sydney it's shameful treating people this way in iraq with all muslims there was . so much a muslim man asks for the hand of a muslim woman according to islamic tradition by fear and that's all but i think how it was at the end of...
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certainly doesn't do it for religious reasons it's obvious he does it mostly for money because our religion does not tolerate all these crimes the only motive for these crimes is money and they're ordered from outside to kill our best people in. in the city center the mosque still bears the name of the man who built it was saddam hussein. idealist come to pay a final homage to his murdered friend. who also on april second twenty twelve. a holiday in a journalist for a local t.v. station was killed instantly when his car exploded. until. a relaxing evening along the banks of the tigris overseen by the palace of the local hero sadam. saddam was always surrounded by members of his own tribe and many here miss the man who built a sunni state much to their advantage. became injured or killed the americans didn't come here to look for weapons of mass destruction nor to hunt down certain are saying they came to rob us and to kill us asian iraq it was a unified country but at the moment when they arrived the americans that triggered divisions by creating ethnic conflicts just you know this very wel
certainly doesn't do it for religious reasons it's obvious he does it mostly for money because our religion does not tolerate all these crimes the only motive for these crimes is money and they're ordered from outside to kill our best people in. in the city center the mosque still bears the name of the man who built it was saddam hussein. idealist come to pay a final homage to his murdered friend. who also on april second twenty twelve. a holiday in a journalist for a local t.v. station was...
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wouldn't occur in syria which has just as many complications in terms of sectarianism and and different religions and different people the rebel opposition has close links with al qaeda groups do we want to help bring them to power and then we can be supporting moloch a state terrorist a thug a dictator as well as. those who is technically on the state department's designation of official terrorist organizations. going into syria would be such a disaster that it's almost unspeakable and the fact that people like douglas and other interventionist yes i'll use that word again claim that we ought to be going in and doing something about syria as if we can and if we ought to and as we have the legal and moral authority to proves that the lessons of iraq have not fully been learned ok douglas please reply you know it's always nice when you can call your opponent in name and put a label on him look at you know what syria shows us is that iraq's problems were really of its own making saddam hussein you know representing a minority of the iraqis his minority sect faction ruled over iraq once he was gone
wouldn't occur in syria which has just as many complications in terms of sectarianism and and different religions and different people the rebel opposition has close links with al qaeda groups do we want to help bring them to power and then we can be supporting moloch a state terrorist a thug a dictator as well as. those who is technically on the state department's designation of official terrorist organizations. going into syria would be such a disaster that it's almost unspeakable and the...
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ethnic affiliations their religion and what they've suffered during the past ten years. the situation in the country is better than we do have a problem that is violence there are lots of explosions everything is. the way things are today. groups are fracturing this democracy. we would feel free to go out and return safely. but there's no guarantee that i'll come home so as you heard there the one thing that does seem to unite iraqis today is fear fear of when the next explosion or attack. the u.s. led military campaign in iraq was supposed to overthrow the regime of saddam hussein and protect the world from his alleged weapons of mass destruction so dumb was toppled well though w m d's were never found our goal now is that it takes a look at whether the means are justified the end. what for the thinking then and what do they think now those are the questions that many people want to ask those in power who made the decision to invade iraq ten years ago r.t. did just that pose in several uncomfortable questions to those who voted to invade the country a decade ago warning
ethnic affiliations their religion and what they've suffered during the past ten years. the situation in the country is better than we do have a problem that is violence there are lots of explosions everything is. the way things are today. groups are fracturing this democracy. we would feel free to go out and return safely. but there's no guarantee that i'll come home so as you heard there the one thing that does seem to unite iraqis today is fear fear of when the next explosion or attack. the...
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which they would simply by getting rid of the leader doesn't bring a kind of peace and quiet no you got religion as a teacher of a different medias come in and that's in all these mediterranean countries when you hear william hague talking about owning rebel crates and making sure that it gets into the right hands will i think are doing exactly the mistake well the certainly in regard to syria there is u.n. resolutions to try in the system help the revelation rather than get rid of saddam by a factor of elites almost meaning the same so what you've got is a kind of civil war going on between those it's the center of what my top of the in the middle east well in reality we're going to have to live let in the people decide what they're going to do any you have to in syria in libya i mean the interesting thing is tony blair got gadhafi to drop. he's best man to nuclear would we invaded wouldn't nations have gone in libya they feel they got the bomb. because when they know when the lesson is learned like in iran if you want real security have the bomb and then we say if you're honest the bombed our
which they would simply by getting rid of the leader doesn't bring a kind of peace and quiet no you got religion as a teacher of a different medias come in and that's in all these mediterranean countries when you hear william hague talking about owning rebel crates and making sure that it gets into the right hands will i think are doing exactly the mistake well the certainly in regard to syria there is u.n. resolutions to try in the system help the revelation rather than get rid of saddam by a...
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ethnic affiliations their religion and what they've suffered during the past ten years but let's hear from the residents in their own words so they can explain how they feel about the conflict and the situation now it's quite mixed as you will hear. the situation in the country is better than the fool we do have a problem that is violent there are lots of explosions the reality is that in the last ten years the country has improved everything is ok except the. way things are today we are suffering all iraqi groups are fracturing. this democracy there are only explosions shootings and kidnapping. we think we would feel free to go out and return so. i can leave but there's no guarantee that i'll come home. so as you heard there the one thing that does seem to unite iraqis today is fear fear of when the next explosion or attack. when you talk of fear lucy but what about how do people actually have any hope things might get better. if the desire for the situation to improve but unfortunately at the moment many people are pessimistic iraq is currently facing a massive political crisis atta
ethnic affiliations their religion and what they've suffered during the past ten years but let's hear from the residents in their own words so they can explain how they feel about the conflict and the situation now it's quite mixed as you will hear. the situation in the country is better than the fool we do have a problem that is violent there are lots of explosions the reality is that in the last ten years the country has improved everything is ok except the. way things are today we are...